Creating the Causes of Happiness

The second volume of Lama Zopa Rinpoche's teachings given during the 24th Kopan lam-rim course in 1991 explores topics such as the nature of the mind, karma, death, reincarnation and emptiness. More

The second volume of Lama Zopa Rinpoche's teachings given during the 24th Kopan lam-rim course in 1991explores topics such as the nature of the mind, karma, death, reincarnation and emptiness.

The series offers lightly edited transcripts that we hope will convey the feeling of being in Nepal for the one-month Kopan course. You can also find many other annual Kopan teaching course transcripts published on LamaYeshe.com for reading online or for downloading as a pdf for later study.

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Lama Zopa Rinpoche is a Tibetan Buddhist scholar and meditator who for 30 years has overseen the spiritual activities of the worldwide network of 160-plus centers, projects and social services that form the Foundation for the Preservation of the Mahayana Tradition (FPMT) which he founded with Lama Thubten Yeshe.

Born in the Mount Everest region of Thami in 1946, Rinpoche was recognized soon afterwards by His Holiness Tulshig Rinpoche and five other lamas as the reincarnation of the great yogi Kunsang Yeshe. Rinpoche was taken under the care of FPMT’s founder Lama Thubten Yeshe, soon after leaving Tibet, in Buxa Duar, India, in the early 1960′s. Rinpoche was with Lama Yeshe until 1984 when Lama Yeshe passed away and Lama Zopa Rinpoche took over as spiritual guide of FPMT.

This series presents previously unpublished teachings from Lama Zopa Rinpoche's teachings given during the 24th Kopan lam-rim course in 1991. These are lightly edited teachings that we hope will convey the feeling of receiving the teachings while attending Kopan's one-month course in Nepal.

This book is made possible by kind supporters of the Archive who, like you, appreciate how we make these teachings available in so many ways, including in our website for instant reading, listening or downloading, and as printed and electronic books.